Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.

Of all my children, this is the one that cost me the worst birth-pangs and brought me the most sorrow; and for that reason it is the one most dear to me.

Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods.

The amount of money one needs is terrifying.

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

Whoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup.

I can do nothing but think of you... What have you done to me? Can't you remove the spell you have cast over me?